Many of you have followed the recent Apple Keynote (June 2, 2014) introducing a new programming language for creating iOS and Mac OS apps. It is quite astonishing introducing Swift as the new default programming language for Apple’s platforms, as Objective-C has already been established as the core programming language for so many years. Nonetheless, you can consider this shift as quite groundbreaking. Bear in mind that this change has a more profound impact than in the case of the Storyboard. If you remember, the Storyboard introduced a new way of handling the UI of an iOS app. Back in the day, both systems, meaning using nibs and storyboards, were still quite common; however, nowadays, most apps are developed with
As a result, you can expect the same happening with Swift. Yet, take into account that in the case of Swift, the change implies more changes than in the case of Storyboards. As you might know, learning a new programming language takes time and this also implies that you will have to tackle the issues between Objective-C and Swift. Apple promises that you will pick up this language quite easily and quickly. I do not believe that, because any language requires time and effort in order to master it. And, this also applies to Swift. Yes, it may be less difficult than learning Objective-C from scratch, but you also need to capture not only Swift, but also what you will do with your already developed iOS apps with Objective-C.
Hence, we will talk about these issues in this and in the upcoming tutorials.
This first video tutorial will display and explain the basics of how to set up your Mac and how to use XCode, the software development kit you use for writing iOS apps.
Check it out here:
